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whatever the word might be, in your proposal, the one paul ryan decided not to back, the one barack obama decided not to back, you had an increase in the federal gasoline tax. caps on mortgage interest. charitable donations and retirement contributions. these were all top choices. you also increased the eligibility age for medicare and social security. reduced benefits for wealthier seniors. some of those things average democrats and republicans say they agree on, other, they loathe them. is there anything that should be untouchable? >> the problems are real, no easy way out. we've got to come up with at least $4 trillion of deficit reduction and that's not the maximum amount we need to do is not even the ideal amount. reduce the deficit in order to stabilize the debt and get it on the path. >> it's interesting you say it that way. it's not the maximum, barely the minimum. bill gross from pimco says 16 trillion, which is not to be negative, but just to say people who think your plan is tough, it's getting us started on this path. it's not solving everything. >> absolutely. he's 100% right
whatever the word might be, in your proposal, the one paul ryan decided not to back, the one barack obama decided not to back, you had an increase in the federal gasoline tax. caps on mortgage interest. charitable donations and retirement contributions. these were all top choices. you also increased the eligibility age for medicare and social security. reduced benefits for wealthier seniors. some of those things average democrats and republicans say they agree on, other, they loathe them. is...
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and president obama fiercely defends his u.n. ambassador today after republicans threaten to block her possible nomination for secretary of state. rand paul joins us. tonight, we have late breaking developments in the petraeus scandal. first, we are just learning the name of the fbi agent who helped start the investigation that eventually led to the resignation of the nation's top spy. the name of the agent is frederick w. humphries ii. he's 47 years old. he was the investigator who first learned of a complaint from jill kelley that she received harassing e-mails. the government has taken away for now, the top security clearance of paula broadwell, the former mistress of david petraeus. this is after investigators found substantial classified information on her computer and the glaering question tonight is did broadwell's relationship with david petraeus give her access to these classified documents? "outfront" tonight, cnn national security contributor, fran townsend. she's also a member of the cia external add voizry committee
and president obama fiercely defends his u.n. ambassador today after republicans threaten to block her possible nomination for secretary of state. rand paul joins us. tonight, we have late breaking developments in the petraeus scandal. first, we are just learning the name of the fbi agent who helped start the investigation that eventually led to the resignation of the nation's top spy. the name of the agent is frederick w. humphries ii. he's 47 years old. he was the investigator who first...
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president obama says he's reserving judgment. next, adam shift has questions he demand the president answer and making it clear he is not willing to extend tax cuts for individuals earning $250,000 or more. we asked our political panel what the president will have to compromise on to avoid the fiscal cliff. and president obama fiercely defends his u.n. ambassador today after republicans threaten to block her possible nomination for secretary of state. rand paul joins us. rand paul joins us. let's go "outfront." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com "outfront" tonight, we have late breaking developments in the petraeus scandal. first, we are just learning the name of the fbi agent who helped start the investigation that eventually led to the resignation of the nation's top spy. the name of the agent is frederick w. humphries ii. he's 47 years old. he was the investigator who first learned of a complaint from jill kelley that she received harassing e-mails. the government has taken away for now, the top security clearance of paula
president obama says he's reserving judgment. next, adam shift has questions he demand the president answer and making it clear he is not willing to extend tax cuts for individuals earning $250,000 or more. we asked our political panel what the president will have to compromise on to avoid the fiscal cliff. and president obama fiercely defends his u.n. ambassador today after republicans threaten to block her possible nomination for secretary of state. rand paul joins us. rand paul joins us....
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two experts from the fbi on why president obama didn't learn of the investigation for six months. let's go "outfront." >>> i'm erin burnett. good evening. "outfront" tonight, a scandal turns more bizarre. new details tonight on the petraeus scandal. the white house, forced to take a stand. not on david petraeus, but on another four-star general, john allen. america's top commander in afghanistan. he was set to become the nato supreme commander, until the president put that nomination on hold today. like petraeus, allen is at the top of the american military. he's a four-star general. one of only four four-star generals in the entire u.s. marine corps. officials are investigating general john allen after finding allegedly inappropriate e-mails between general allen and jill kelley. the same jill kelley who had contacted the fbi about receiving harassing e-mails from petraeus biographer and former mistress, paula broadwell. allen, who once worked for petraeus at the u.s. central command, denies any wrongdoing as investigators look through 20,000 to 30,000 pages of documents. now, i
two experts from the fbi on why president obama didn't learn of the investigation for six months. let's go "outfront." >>> i'm erin burnett. good evening. "outfront" tonight, a scandal turns more bizarre. new details tonight on the petraeus scandal. the white house, forced to take a stand. not on david petraeus, but on another four-star general, john allen. america's top commander in afghanistan. he was set to become the nato supreme commander, until the president...
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president obama said he will do that and i trust he is trying to do that. i think that's where we should be putting our attention, especially this week. >> a final question to you. is it possible that we may never know why certain crucial pieces of information that were known to some people very early on were not shared with the american public? that we'll never know whether there was a concerted decision and who made it? >> well, that would be a shame. it would be a problem, a travesty. and i think this is why congress really needs to dig into this. certainly the families of those who lost their lives bravely defending the american sovereignty and american interests deserve those answers and i think we should come to some sort of conclusion on that. >> thanks very much to both of you. we appreciate you men being on together again. >>> gas line have been growing all around the areas of sandy's wrath. there's no shortage and we'll tell you why. lately. but things are starting to turn around because of business people like you. and regions is here to help. wi
president obama said he will do that and i trust he is trying to do that. i think that's where we should be putting our attention, especially this week. >> a final question to you. is it possible that we may never know why certain crucial pieces of information that were known to some people very early on were not shared with the american public? that we'll never know whether there was a concerted decision and who made it? >> well, that would be a shame. it would be a problem, a...
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the obama campaign is worried about the early voting. the ads have not come down, the candidates have not been active in the effected states. so they're slugging it out on the air waves. privately both campaigns do think if there's any benefit it would be a slight benefit to the guy who is president of the united states. there have been no huge complaints about the federal response, actually a lot of compliments including republican governor chris christie in new jersey. if there's a slight advantage it would go to the president but both sides think if it is, it's pretty slight. >> thanks very much to john king. >>> coming up next i was in hoboken today with the national guard. we'll show you the pictures and tell you about the people we met who are stranded in their own homes on a night where the temperatures are now starting to rapidly drop. >>> and the monumental task of getting the lights back on, when crews can't get through the debris. residents resort to other means of transportation just to get -- those stories still to come. jus
the obama campaign is worried about the early voting. the ads have not come down, the candidates have not been active in the effected states. so they're slugging it out on the air waves. privately both campaigns do think if there's any benefit it would be a slight benefit to the guy who is president of the united states. there have been no huge complaints about the federal response, actually a lot of compliments including republican governor chris christie in new jersey. if there's a slight...
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i trust president obama is trying to do that. that's where we should be putting our attention, especially this week. >> peter, a final question to you. is it possible we may never know why certain crucial pieces of information known to some people, very early on, were not shared with the american public? that we'll never know when there was a concerted decision and who made it? >> that would be a shame it would be a problem, be a travesty and, i think this is why congress really needs to dig into this. we deserve answers, certainly the families of those who lost lives bravely defending american sov erbity and interest certainly deserve those answers and that should be -- we should come to some sort of conclusion on that. >> thank you. we appreciate both of you being on together again. >>> gas lines growing all around the area of sandy's wrath. but no shortage and we'll tell you why, next. ressive customers. i plugged in snapshot, and 30 days later, i was saving big on car insurance. with snapshot, i knew what i could save before
i trust president obama is trying to do that. that's where we should be putting our attention, especially this week. >> peter, a final question to you. is it possible we may never know why certain crucial pieces of information known to some people, very early on, were not shared with the american public? that we'll never know when there was a concerted decision and who made it? >> that would be a shame it would be a problem, be a travesty and, i think this is why congress really...
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i'm barack obama and i approve this message. the wheels of progress haven't been very active lately. but because of business people like you, things are beginning to get rolling. and regions is here to help. making it easier with the expertise and service to keep those wheels turning. from business loans to cash management, we want to be your partner moving forward. so switch to regions. and let's get going. together. >>> just across the hudson river, hoboken, new jersey is nearly at a breaking point. nearly 20,000 people could be trapped in their homes tonight. at one point, three quarters of that city was under water. 90% of the people are still without power. some of the power lines are literally drops down on the road. it's getting cold tonight and we just returned from hoboken where i went out with national guard troops trying to reach stranded residents. this is the staging area for the national guard. dozens of guards are here to evacuate anywhere from 15,000 to 20,000 people still trapped by flood waters. as rerolled out
i'm barack obama and i approve this message. the wheels of progress haven't been very active lately. but because of business people like you, things are beginning to get rolling. and regions is here to help. making it easier with the expertise and service to keep those wheels turning. from business loans to cash management, we want to be your partner moving forward. so switch to regions. and let's get going. together. >>> just across the hudson river, hoboken, new jersey is nearly at a...
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obama spent $1 billion. >> i think one of the reasons obama did end up winning was some of their tactics was very good. they had a very good ground gain and they had it targeted. we're going to have to try to figure out what that happened and try to match that, but that's probably a function of political parties, and i think superpacs are better at advertising. >> let me ask you about carl rhodes, evil genius, evil whatever you want to call him. he got it wrong this time. he got it wrong in the electoral college, and he got it wrong when he questioned ohio. what will happen with him? he's got the biggest super pac out there, or does he rise again? >> i think carl is one of the biggest political minds around and he'll continue to do well. when you say he got it wrong, rasmussen got it wrong, and they had governor romney winning right up through hurricane sandy. some things happened in the end, the obama campaign had a better turnout operation than the republican side ended up having, that probably didn't show up in some of that polling that everyone was looking at. >> so charlie, there ha
obama spent $1 billion. >> i think one of the reasons obama did end up winning was some of their tactics was very good. they had a very good ground gain and they had it targeted. we're going to have to try to figure out what that happened and try to match that, but that's probably a function of political parties, and i think superpacs are better at advertising. >> let me ask you about carl rhodes, evil genius, evil whatever you want to call him. he got it wrong this time. he got it...
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president obama and house speaker john boehner haven't budged. yesterday we heard of talk of olive branches and reaching across the aisle. but this evening speaker bonner said this to abc news. >> raising tax rates is unacceptable and frankly couldn't even pass the house. i'm not sure it can pass the senate. >> he could be right about that. he's talking about raising tax rates. jessica yellin reminded us today that the white house has vowed to veto any bill that doesn't extend the bush tax cuts for families making $250,000, less than $250 a year. he's been very explicit. tax rates will be raised for people who make more than that amount of money. so how did the president respond to john boehner's line in the sand? well we haven't heard from him since he returned to washington yesterday. we were told though by the white house this evening he'll make a statement on the fiscal cliff tomorrow but as far as what we know right now the administration says the president has already laid out his plan. it's a plan he says would cut the deficit by $4 trilli
president obama and house speaker john boehner haven't budged. yesterday we heard of talk of olive branches and reaching across the aisle. but this evening speaker bonner said this to abc news. >> raising tax rates is unacceptable and frankly couldn't even pass the house. i'm not sure it can pass the senate. >> he could be right about that. he's talking about raising tax rates. jessica yellin reminded us today that the white house has vowed to veto any bill that doesn't extend the...
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president obama, he made the claim he was opposed to big money in politics, and when barack obama saul of the money being raised on the right, they kicked the machine into gear. they reached out to big donors for the campaign and super pac and created an arms race. >> $1.2 billion for romney, and obama plus allies, $1 billion. neither of these guys can say they have a problem using big money to support their elections. my guest, restore our future, supported mitt romney. you said 0% return. why am i wrong? >> first of all this is a very close election. imagine the head loin on this story if 350,000 different votes in four states had been different. then you would say karl rove is an evil genius and republican big money bought the election, so the reality is president obama's campaign outspent president romney's campaign by $150 million on television ads. they were getting outspent and we help keep it very close. look at some of the target states. look at ohio. ohio was decided by $100,000 votes, and the obama campaign outspent the romney campaign by $30 million. look at florida. a 40,0
president obama, he made the claim he was opposed to big money in politics, and when barack obama saul of the money being raised on the right, they kicked the machine into gear. they reached out to big donors for the campaign and super pac and created an arms race. >> $1.2 billion for romney, and obama plus allies, $1 billion. neither of these guys can say they have a problem using big money to support their elections. my guest, restore our future, supported mitt romney. you said 0%...
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>> president obama has had a small but steady lead in ohio. we think the romney campaign is looking at a saturation point. there's not much more than you can do except get out the vote. with money, the with the candidate's time more importantly, i think speaks to change the strategy because the current strategy isn't working. they're looking for alternate paths to 270. states where it looked like romney was pulling ahead in. florida, virginia, colorado. the fact the romney campaign is running an ad in florida trying to tie the president to castro and chavez speaks to insecurity on his part about whether the cuban population will come out to vote. i think this is evidence of a scramble to hit 270. >> and let's look at the map. i promised i would. paul and ryan. if romney could pull off a win in pennsylvania, this does make the path to 270 completely different. so, he wouldn't even need ohio. we have 237 for obama, 206 for romney. 95 up for grabs, so if romney gets pennsylvania, we call it a snatch because it's very difficult to do, he's in the
>> president obama has had a small but steady lead in ohio. we think the romney campaign is looking at a saturation point. there's not much more than you can do except get out the vote. with money, the with the candidate's time more importantly, i think speaks to change the strategy because the current strategy isn't working. they're looking for alternate paths to 270. states where it looked like romney was pulling ahead in. florida, virginia, colorado. the fact the romney campaign is...
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they're going for president obama. if you're getting 55% among the biggest chunk, you are well on your path to victory. let's move it over. go through the battleground states. you start getting -- swing states, he's winning in then you come over here, this is the mother of all battlegrounds, welcome back from columbus. 2% of the electorate in ohio are women. 55%. the combination of the diversity obama coalition. you add it up, simple math. as bill clinton said, just a -- >> in that speech. there was another area that was traditionally republican, but it shifted. >> we'll do a little -- turn this up. if you look at this close presidential election, 2004, post presidential elections in american politics won the suburbs. this is the 2000 election. you see bush winning in the denver suburbs. the president wins, the democrats win in downtown. that's senator kerry in that year. but now, 2012. it's blue. in the key swing states, the democrats dominate in the suburbs. back over to ohio and let's make sure, now mitt romney did
they're going for president obama. if you're getting 55% among the biggest chunk, you are well on your path to victory. let's move it over. go through the battleground states. you start getting -- swing states, he's winning in then you come over here, this is the mother of all battlegrounds, welcome back from columbus. 2% of the electorate in ohio are women. 55%. the combination of the diversity obama coalition. you add it up, simple math. as bill clinton said, just a -- >> in that...
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let's not forget president obama really made a key part of his political identity. this idea that he was opposed to outside money, really as a whole in politics. they saw all this money being raised on the right, they kicked their own fund raising machine into high gear and it wasn't just these small donors. and for that campaign and for these suhper pac, so what that did was create this arms race. >> you are igt about that. obama plus ally's one billion, neither one can say they have a problem with big money supporting their election. all right, thanks so both, to you, but let me bring in charlie spece. all right, take issue with it. i said zero percent returnment tell me why i'm wrong. >> first of all, this is a very close election. imagine the headline in this story if $350,000 votes in four states had been different. you'd be saying that karl rove's an evil genius and republican big money had bought the election, so the reality is president obama's so they were getting outspent and we helped keep it very close. look at some of the target states. look at ohio. oh
let's not forget president obama really made a key part of his political identity. this idea that he was opposed to outside money, really as a whole in politics. they saw all this money being raised on the right, they kicked their own fund raising machine into high gear and it wasn't just these small donors. and for that campaign and for these suhper pac, so what that did was create this arms race. >> you are igt about that. obama plus ally's one billion, neither one can say they have a...
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i'm barack obama and i approve this message. the wheels of progress haven't been very active lately. but because of business people like you, things are beginning to get rolling. and regions is here to help. making it easier with the expertise and service to keep those wheels turning. from business loans to cash management, we want to be your partner moving forward. so switch to regions. and let's get going. together. we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartburn and then treats day after day... block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. >>> welcome back. we start the second half of our show with stories we care about and focus on our reporting from the front lines and we begin with the department of justice, which is sending observers from the civil rights divisions to polling sights. 780 will go to 51 jurisdictions in 23 states. their going to be watching t
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today, president obama saw firsthand the ongoing misery in part of new york city that included a stop on staten island where two and a half weeks after sandy, some residents say they're still relying on the goodness of strangers because there hasn't been enough help from government. >> reporter: visitinging the storm avenuaged staten island, president obama named sean donovan to coordinate massive rebuilding efforts. >> he's going to be working with the mayor, the governor, the borough presidents, the county officials to make sure we come up with a strong, effective plan. >> reporter: left out were the core of volunteers. to many here, that is a stinging oversight. >> without them, i mean, no money, no government agency has shown up here to do anything to help us, so these people from the goodness of their heart have come here to help me. >> reporter: after flood waters destroyed nearly everything he owned, he said these strangers from oklahoma gave him strength to take the first step. >> they take out the damaged stuff and allow, if i'm going to, to restore. without them, i'm by myse
today, president obama saw firsthand the ongoing misery in part of new york city that included a stop on staten island where two and a half weeks after sandy, some residents say they're still relying on the goodness of strangers because there hasn't been enough help from government. >> reporter: visitinging the storm avenuaged staten island, president obama named sean donovan to coordinate massive rebuilding efforts. >> he's going to be working with the mayor, the governor, the...